Loudoun Valley Senior Morgan Clark Will Play Division I Volleyball at Bucknell

We update our college choice chart with Loudoun Valley High School senior volleyball player Morgan Clark.

This talented Vike is headed to NCAA Division I Bucknell and last year she helped LV to the state quarterfinals while earning all-district, all-region and all-state honors.

And a bonus, Clark has written for us in the past and helped with our Viking coverage. We can honestly say that she is a good all-around kid and we wish her the best of luck in college and beyond!


VivaLoudoun Class of 2010 College Choice Chart
Check out where the Loudoun athletes will be playing in college next year!
Are we missing somebody? Want us to cover your college signing? Email us at dan.sousa[at]verizon.net.

Athlete	High School	Sport	Level	College
Megan Beckwith	Heritage	Volleyball	D1	Colorado
Anna Blessing	Broad Run	Softball	D1	Binghamton
Calle Brown	Loudoun County	Soccer	D1	Virginia
Morgan Clark	Loudoun Valley	Volleyball	D1	Bucknell
Amber Cook	Loudoun Valley	Soccer	D1	Old Dominion
Chris Daddio	Loudoun Valley	Lacrosse	D1	Syracuse
Lindsay Gill	Stone Bridge	Volleyball	D1	Coastal Carolina
Julianne Hanna	Loudoun County	Volleyball	D1	New Mexico
Derek Maltz	Stone Bridge	Lacrosse	D1	Syracuse
Ashley Manning	Loudoun Valley	Soccer	D1	Virginia Tech
T.J. Peeler	Broad Run	Football	D1	Pittsburgh
Elisa Scudder	Broad Run	Volleyball	D1	Dartmouth
Conner Shanosky	Potomac Falls	Soccer	D1	Virginia Tech
Jennifer Skogerboe	Stone Bridge	Soccer	D1	Connecticut
Garret Swankowski	Loudoun Valley	Lacrosse	D1	Virginia
Chase Williams	Loudoun County	Football	D1	Virginia Tech

Some Stats from Our Chart
Total Athletes: 16
Schools: Loudoun Valey (5), Broad Run (3), Loudoun County (3), Stone Bridge (3), Heritage (1), Potomac Falls (1).
Sports: Soccer (5), Volleyball (5), Lacrosse (3), Football (2), Softball (1).
Colleges: Virginia Tech (3), Syracuse (2), Virginia (2), 9 with one athlete

Photos: Volleyball - Loudoun Valley at Stone Bridge

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Football Results, Schedule

Aug. 28

Potomac Falls 42, Jefferson County (W.Va.) 0

Millbrook 21, Briar Woods 14

Broad Run 40, Fauquier 6

Sherando 24,at Park View 21

Loudoun Valley 41, Dominion 0

Loudoun County 38, Musselman (W.Va.) 0

Sept. 4

Park View (0-1) at Millbrook (1-0), 7

Potomac Falls (1-0) at Martinsburg (W.Va.) (0-0), 7

Ballou (D.C.) (1-0) at Dominion (0-1), 7:30

Westfield (0-0) at Stone Bridge (0-0), 7:30

Briar Woods (0-1) at Liberty (0-0), 7:30

Heritage (0-0) at Broad Run (1-0), 7:30

Warren County (1-0) at Freedom (0-0), 7:30

Loudoun Valley (1-0) at Woodbridge (0-0), 7:30

Watching Raiders Wrap up a Dulles District Golf Title is Best Medicine for Laycock

By Dan Sousa
VivaLoudoun.com Editor

Leesburg (Sept. 4, 2009) - Loudoun County High School golf coach John Laycock -- recovering from his second heart attack in a three-month span -- isn't cleared by his doctor to go back to work yet but that didn't stop the veteran coach from watching his Raiders wrap up their first ever AA Dulles District regular season title Thursday at Raspberry Falls.

"Between my doctor and my wife, they keep good clamps on me but it was a thrill to be out here today and see the players and parents," said Laycock after Loudoun County (4-0 in district) defeated two-time defending district regular-season champion Briar Woods (4-1), 150-158 in a nine-hole match on a beautiful evening.

The Dulles District regular season champion is determined by the two mini tournaments in August -- both won by Loudoun County -- and by the dual meet season with each of the three weighted equally. Freedom (3-1) finished runner-up to the Raiders in both events and needed to finish at least two spots ahead of the Raiders in the dual meet standings, which now appears almost impossible.

"This win today puts us back in regionals and that's a good feeling," said Laycock.

Loudoun County came on strong last season, capturing both the Dulles District tournament and Region II tournament titles. The Raiders, however, have never won a Dulles District regular-season title and by claiming the 2009 crown, LC becomes the fifth different school to win the title since 2004.

Andrew Brenneman, with three birdies on his scorecard, led the Raiders with a 35 followed by Brantley Kushner (38), Kevin Cook (38) and Sam Early (39). Brenneman had been struggling with the putter but he got them to drop on Thursday.

"I have been hitting the ball well and I finally made some putts today," said Brenneman.

Laycock hadn't been to a full Raider match since suffering a heart attack on Aug. 18, but he surprised the team by showing up to the very end of last week's victory over Park View.

"We were kind of shocked to see him," said Brenneman. "It is good to have Coach Laycock out here again. We have been missing him."

Former Loudoun County golf coach John Brown has been standing in for Laycock and was at the match Thursday, urging Laycock to hurry home and rest up. Laycock suffered his first heart attack in mid-May while awaiting a kidney and pancreas transplant in Cleveland. The bad news was that he didn't get the needed transplants but the good news is that he had the heart attack in one of the top hospitals for heart surgery in the nation.

Laycock is hoping to get the O.K. to get back to work when he visits the doctor on Sept. 22, that is just one day prior to the Dulles District tournament. Despite wrapping up the district title Thursday, Laycock wants his team to stay sharp as in four of the past seasons, the regular season champion has not gone on to win the district tournament.

"We really need to keep our edge," said Laycock.

The Raiders have a key match against Freedom on Sept. 10 and then a nice non-district tri-meet on Sept. 15 with AAA powerhouse Loudoun Valley and AA foe Briar Woods. The Falcons -- with two regular season and two district tournament titles in the past three seasons -- are looking for a little revenge on the Raiders.

"On any given day we can catch them," said Briar Woods coach Bob Vitti. "We had our chances today but had just a few errant shots."

Adam Ochs led Briar Woods with a 36 followed by Jon Howard (39), Nathan Burcak (41) and Nick Vazzana (42).

Past Dulles District Champions
Regular Season - District Tournament
2009: Loudoun County - ???
2008: Briar Woods - Loudoun County
2007: Briar Woods - Briar Woods
2006: Potomac Falls - Briar Woods
2005: Heritage - Loudoun County
2004 - Loudoun Valley - Heritage
2003 - Loudoun Valley - Loudoun Valley
2002 - Potomac Falls - Potomac Falls
2001 - Potomac Falls - Potomac Falls

You Pick'Em Week Two: Walter McCowat and Ryan Rogers are the Big Winners in Week One

Well, it took awhile to post the results from Week One in You Pick'Em so there isn't much time to get in your votes for Week Two ... the Big Winners for Week One were Walter McCowat -- big-time Dominion Titan booster and the original LPS Super Fan and now VivaLoudoun Super Fan! -- and Ryan Rogers, Briar Woods High School wrestling coach.

More on their wins later but first, time to pick tonight's big games ... here is how you play. Simply pick the winner and final score from these two games:

Westfield vs. Stone Bridge
Broad Run vs. Heritage


Now, back to our winners ... McCowat had Loudoun Valley winning 21-7 which was off by 27 points total in the 41-0 game but most pickers had the Titans with at least two scores and McCowat was able to squeeze out a one-point victory over Rogers and the other "Ryan" ... Heritage baseball/Freedom golf coach Ryan Price, and a two point win over Greg Dawson.

Rogers was the clear winner in the other game with a 31-21 pick of Sherando, off by just seven points. Tim Lieb and Dawson were back, 12 points off. With the win, Rogers ties Potomac Falls assistant athletic director Chris Tully for third all-time with six total wins. McCowat has won three times overall.

The Oracle (aka Jason Treon) had a tough opening week and we understand that he has sent his crystal ball out for a detailing.

Leave your picks in the comments section for the world to see or email me (dan.sousa[at]verizon.net). Good luck!

For those keeping score at home, the All-Time Winners Chart looks like this:

13 - Jason Treon

10 - John Koren

6 - Ryan Rogers, Chris Tully

5 - Greg Dawson, Tim Lieb, Ryan Price

4- Jane Baker

3 - Jamie Eberly, Walter McCowat, Chuck McDaniel, 

2 - Kathy Athey, Sam Plank

1 - Steven Balik, Leon Barber, Andrew Berdhal, Zirkle Blakey, Joe Conroy, Larry Hall, Hayden Hawes, Jeff Hawes, Marco Mastrangelo, Patrick McNanley, Phil Murphy, Trevor Scales, Ryder Sousa

Photos: Potomac Falls vs. Jefferson WV

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It took Four Days but Panthers Secure Season-Opening Victory

By Dan Sousa
VivaLoudoun.com Editor

Sterling - Potomac Falls High School football coach Scott Woodlief thought his team was ready to play its season opener last Friday. After it was postponed to Saturday, he thought his team was really ready to play. Then the game was delayed deep into the first half with PF ahead 14-0 against Jefferson, W.V.

Would the Panthers be ready to finish the game off on Monday night?

"How do you get a team up for the same team, three different days?," wondered Woodlief.

No worries for Woodlief as his young team -- just 10 seniors after graduating a group of 20 last year that took the Panthers to the playoffs for the first time in school history -- took care of business on a glorious late summer evening, pounding the visitors for a decisive 42-0 non-district win.

Some new starters for PF made a great first impression with sophomore running back Tyler Caldwell stepping in for the graduated Michael Baker and scoring twice.

"There were a lot of jitters, the first time coming out here," said Caldwell who had to wait four days total to finish his first varsity start. "Waiting to finish this game off was exciting but also stressful because you had to get ready every day, but it was worth it."

Junior Zach Hobby started at quarterback, replacing 3-year starter and coaches son, Greg Woodlief. Hobby ran the ball well out of some option sets and showed an ability to get the ball into the hands of senior playmaker Tarrell Owens, who had a 18-yard touchdown catch, a 48-yard reception and a 92-yard punt return for a score called back by a penalty that didn't really affect the return.

"He's a safety valve, every quarterback would love to have him," said Hobby.

Owens, however, didn't outscore fellow senior, lineman Mason Mehalic, who recovered a fumble for a score early in the contest on Saturday night and then picked up a fumble in the fourth quarter and rumbled 30 yards for a touchdown.

PF had scored Saturday on Mehalic's fumble recover and a Caldwell rushing score. On Monday they took over with 4:48 to go in the first half and the ball on the Panther 40. PF went right to work with Hobby breaking off an 8-yard run followed by Caldwell for a first down at midfield.

Hobby hit junior Eric Davis for seven yards and then kept the ball for five after a 5-yard penalty against PF. Hobby completed an 18-yard pass to Owens to move the ball to the 25 and Caldwell, a tough runner to bring down despite being listed at 5-foot-5, 143-pounds in the program, went for seven yards.

Hobby then put the ball up for Ownes on the fade route in the corner of the end zone and the athletic 6-foot-2 receiver went up and caught the ball for the score to make it 21-0.

In the second half, Hobby's 27-yard keeper on the option set up a Caldwell score from the 1. At one point in the game, Hobby and Caldwell were so deceptive on the option that the officials blew a play dead with Caldwell gang-tackled at the line of scrimmage ... only Hobby had the ball and was turning the corner near the PF bench when the whistles blew.

Mehalic's return made it 35-0 and the PF second offensive unit got into the act with back-up quarterback sophomore Kyle Bulger hitting senior Harrison Kee for a 15-yard score with less than a minute left in the contest.

Potomac Falls 42, Jefferson WV 0
Jefferson 0 0   0  0   - 0
PF          7 14 7 14 - 42
PF - Mehalic fumble recovery
PF - Caldwell run
PF - Owens 18 pass from Hobby
PF - Caldwell 1 run
PF - Mehalic 30 fumble return
PF - Kee 15 pass from Bulger

Stone Bridge Sweeps Loudoun Valley in Volleyball

Stone Bridge swept Loudoun Valley Monday night in volleyball, 25-20, 25-19, 25-19.

Video from PF's 42-0 Win over Jefferson WV

Sophomore Tyler Caldwell scores his second TD in his varsity debut as Potomac Falls blanks Jefferson WV, 42-0, in a game that was started Saturday and finished Monday after a weather postponement.

Football: Broad Run Rolls to 15th Straight Victory

The Broad High School football team, which won the AA Division 4 state crown last year, rolled to its 15th straight victory Friday, a 40-6 win over Fauquier.

The Spartans have now won 21 consecutive regular season games, dating back to a 35-21 loss to Park View on Nov. 10, 2006. Broad Run's last loss was in the regional semifinals in 2007 -- also to Park View, 16-12.

T.J. Peeler needed just 10 carries to pile up 104 yards rushing and two touchdowns. It was a typical empty the bench type of BR blowout with coach Mike Burnett spreading around 33 carries to eight rushers for a staggering 290 yards on the ground.

David Weaver made his debut at quarterback for the Spartans, going 3 of 4 for 51 yards including a 20-yard score to Joey Quigg.

Rushing

Player	Carries	Yards	TD	Fumbles	Fumbles Lost
Peeler	10	104	2
Weaver	5	35
Nelson	1	20
Jessop	2	39	1
Thomas	4	37
Duncan	7	30
Jackson	2	15
Rios	2	10
TOTAL	33	290	3

Passing

Player	Comp.	Attempts	Yards	TD	Int
Weaver	3	4	51	1

Receiving

Player	Catches	Yards	TD
Quigg	1	20	1
Evans	1	2
Walter	1	29

Scoring

Player	TD	FG	PAT	S	Total
Peeler	2				12
Quigg	1				6
Jessop	1				6
Schmetzer	1				6
Flemming	1		1		6
Martin		0/2	4/6		4

Dig Pink/Volley for Cure Matches Approved for Oct.

News from the Virginia High School League: The American Cancer Society (ACS) annually designates October as “Breast Cancer Awareness Month.” Breast cancer is the second most common cancer among U.S. women, and is the second leading cause of cancer death in women, after lung cancer. According to the ACS, an estimated 180,000 American women will be diagnosed with breast cancer this year, and an estimated 40,000 American women will die from breast cancer this year. A woman’s chance of having breast cancer is 1 in 8. Her chance of dying from breast cancer is 1 in 35. But, there is hope! According to the Susan G. Komen Foundation, there are 2.5 million breast cancer survivors in America today, and the 5-year survival rate after early stage diagnosis and treatment is nearly 98% (compared to 74% in 1982). Early detection and treatment are the keys.

A number of schools have indicated interest in playing a “Dig for the Cure,” or “Volley for the Cure” match to help raise awareness of and fight against breast cancer in their communities. In order to maximize the impact of such games across the Commonwealth, VHSL has designated Oct. 1 – Oct. 16 as the time period during which schools that so desire are encouraged to play these matches. Later this week, there will be a “toolkit” in the Volleyball section of our website to provide ideas and resources to help create an effective event. We will also note permissible uniform variations for these games.

In related news:

VHSL fall sports teams encouraged to “Play for a Cure”

Nearly all of us know someone – a family member, a neighbor, a friend, a co-worker – whose life has been changed by a diagnosis of breast cancer. October is “Breast Cancer Awareness Month,” and we are encouraging all schools and all fall teams to take part in an event to raise breast cancer awareness in their communities. To maximize the impact of these events across the Commonwealth, VHSL has designated Oct. 1 – Oct. 16 as the time period during which schools are encouraged to “Play for a Cure.” Pink shoelaces, pink wristbands/headbands, pink “Play for a Cure” t-shirts – these are just a few of the ways to make people think about this important topic. By the end of the week, we hope to have a “toolkit” online to assist schools in planning a “Play for a Cure” event.

Attention Loudoun teams: Contact VivaLoudoun if you will be Playing for the Cure in Oct. and we will come out and cover your event!

Free! Football! Free! Football! Free!

That is right folks ... step right up and watch some high school football tonight at Potomac Falls High School for free as the Panthers will not be charging fans who watch the completion of the Jefferson (WV) game which was suspended Saturday night -- a night after being postponed! -- with 4:48 left in the first half.

Of course with a free football game you don't get all the thrills and frills of paying for a game ... it is strictly BYOF tonight (Bring Your Own Food) and there won't be any halftime entertainment ... will there even be a halftime!?! You don't really need a break after four minutes of football unless it is an over-70 league at Leisure World.

PF is ahead 14-0 but the visitors have had 48 hours to devise a new game plan. VivaLoudoun crack photographer (Ansell Adams Sousa) will be on hand so check back for the complete story.

Photo Gallery: Briar Woods-Millbrook Football

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Loudoun Valley Opens Strong Against Dominion

The Loudoun Valley High School football team scored just 26 points in the first five games last year but the Vikes put memories of that season away quickly Friday as they rolled to a 41-0 win over Dominion at home.

Junior quarterback Andrew Taylor threw for 253 yards on 17 of 26 passing and tossed four touchdowns, three to Kyle Kohnen in the first half in the non-district match-up of two teams that went 1-9 last year under first-year coaches (Danny McGrath at LV and Karl Buckwalter at Dominion).

The AAA Vikes -- with an enrollment of 2,205 a year ago and probably pushing 2,300 now -- had too much depth for the AA Titans -- with an enrollment last year of 1,241.

LV's defense held Titan senior running back DeAndre Reaves to 31 yards on 10 carries and the Vikes out-gained the Titans, 442-103 in total yards. LV piled up 23 first downs to Dominion's four.

Bernard Thompson led the Vikes with 104 yards on 23 carries.

Loudoun Valley 41, Dominion 0

Dominion 0 0 0 0 - 0

Loudoun Valley 7 20 7 7 - 41

LV - Kohnen 9 pass from Taylor (Huggins kick)

LV - Druhan 27 pass from Taylor (kick failed)

LV - Kohnen 10 pass from Taylor (Kranias pass from Taylor)

LV - Kohnen 9 pass from Taylor (run failed)

LV - Clay 1 run (Huggins kick)

LV - Thompson 24 run (Huggins kick)

Rushing

Dominion: Reaves 10-31, Moreno 5-13, Wesley 8-12, Baxter 4-6. Totals 27-62.

Loudoun Valley: Thompson 23-104, Taylor 6-38, Simmons 5-37, Kranias 1-9, Clay 1-1, Nelson 1-0. Totals 37-189.

Passing

Dominion: Baxter 3-10-0 41.

Loudoun Valley: Taylor 17-26-1 253.

Reciving

Dominion:Gravallese 1-20, Lewis 1-15, Bullock 1-6. Totals 3-41.

Loudoun Valley: Kohnen 5-73, Kranias 5-60, Miller 4-71, Druhan 3-49. Totals 17-253.

Football statisticians please send your box scores and stats from each game to dan.sousa{at}verizon.net. Thanks!

Briar Woods Misses Opportunity to Wins Its Opener

By Dan Sousa

VivaLoudoun Editor

Ashburn (Aug. 28, 2009) – The Briar Woods High School football team had its opportunities to win its season opener Friday but the Falcons squandered their chances and fell 21-14 to Millbrook in a non-district contest.

With the game tied 14-14 after an exciting first half, the second half was mired by turnovers – two by each team including miscues in the Red Zone – and penalties and the game-winning score came on junior Jordan Hartman’s 65-yard punt return with 4:16 left in the contest.

“We squandered six opportunities and I told the team that ball security was going to be a big part of the game,” said Briar Woods head coach Charlie Pierce after his team was shut out in the second half despite driving to the Pioneers 31 or deeper three times.

The Falcons return just five starters from last year’s school-record 8-3 squad but a pair of first-half scores within a three-minute span put BW ahead 14-7 with 9:02 still left in the first half.

BW senior Austin Fratalli, returning to the starting quarterback spot after missing the latter part of the 2008 season, tossed a pair of touchdown passes, a 2-yarder to junior DeVontae O’Bannion on fourth-and-goal on the first play of the second quarter and then a 6-yard score to junior Scott Rolen.

The touchdown by Rolen came after the Falcons recovered a fumbled kickoff return with senior Ashkan Hamidi pouncing on the loose ball.

Millbrook which had opened the scoring with 36-yard touchdown sprint by senor Rylan Banks on the Pioneers first drive of the season, answered the Falcons back-to-back scores with a 76-yard scoring drive, capped by a two-yard dive by Banks on fourth-and-goal.

“I was impressed with our heart and determination tonight,” said Millbrook coach Reed Prosser, who like Briar Woods lost a lot to graduation.

One of the returning Pioneers is Hartman who fielded a Fratalli punt on his own 35 and headed to the left towards Millbrooks sidelines where he picked up some nice blocking including blocks by Carter Barnett and Drew Braithwaite. The Falcons wanted the Pioneers flagged for 12 men on the field on the punt return but Hartman sailed into the end zone without any yellow on the field.

“Everybody came together tonight. We knew it was going to be a dogfight,” said Hartman.

Briar Woods looked to even the score after Hartman’s big return with Frattali hooking up with junior Michael Brownlee on a 21-yard swing pass to move the ball down to the Pioneer 30. Rolen went eight yards on a reverse and BW had the ball on the 22 with two minutes left in the contest.

A bad shotgun snap – an earlier botched snap had cost BW the ball inside Pioneer territory – sent BW back 13 yards and brought up 4th-and-15. Millbrook held and got the ball on downs.

Briar Woods burned its last two times outs and held Millbrook, getting the ball back one final time, on the Falcon 43 with 32.5 seconds to go. The Falcons were able to move the ball to the Millbrook 46 but four final passes went incomplete to end the game.

Brownlee gained 92 yards on 17 carries and the Falcons, with Frattali throwing for 122 yards, out-gained the Pioneers, 307-174 in total yardage. Briar Woods, however, was limited on the scoreboard, thanks in part to nine penalties for 65 yards and three turnovers.

The Falcon defense, other than the two scoring drives, held the Pioneers in check and Briar Woods was particularly vigilant on third down, stopping Millbrook eight times on 10 attempts.

Millbrook 21, Briar Woods 14

MB 7 7 0 7 - 21

BW 0 14 0 0 - 14

1 – MB: Banks 36 run (Venegas kick) 3:58

2 – BW: O’Bannion 2 pass from Fratalli (Clements kick) 11:55

2 – BW: Rolen 6 pass from Frattali (Clements kick) 9:02

2 – MB: Banks 2 run (Venegas kick) 3:52

4 – MB: Hartman 65 punt return (Venegas kick) 4:16

More Stats
Rushing
Millbrook: Banks 13-80, Hartman 13-39, Braithwaite 1-4, Daily 3 (-5). Totalsl 30-118.
Briar Woods: Brownlee 17-92, McDonald 10-36, Rolen 2-19, Frattali 5-19, Fields 6-19, O'Bainnion 1-0. Totals 42-185

Passing
Millbrook: Daily 4-11-1 45.

Briar Woods: Frattali 11-24-1 122.

Receiving
Millbrook: Fauver 2-41, Braithwaite 1-12, Dantzler 1-3. Totals 4-56.

Briar Woods: Haufler 3-31, Rolen 3-20, Brownlee 2-44, Schere 2-25, O'Bainnon 1-2. Totals 11-122

Friday Night Football Scores

Broad Run 40, Fauquier 6
Loudoun County 38, Musselman (WV) 0

Loudoun Valley 41, Dominion 0

Millbrook 21, Briar Woods 14
Sherando 24, Park View 21
Jefferson (WV) vs. Potomac Falls, PPD (moved to Sat., 7 p.m.)

Note: Freedom, Heritage and Stone Bridge open next week